KHAR: A tribal elder sustained serious injuries in a roadside blast in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency, official sources said on Saturday. They said that militants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on a dirt road in Kamangarah area in Nawagai.
They said the explosion occurred when the vehicle of Malik Noor Zada was passing through the area. They said Malik Noor Zada sustained serious wounds in the blast and was taken to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Khar from where the doctors referred him to a hospital in Peshawar. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribesman Fazal in Salarzai area in Bajaur. The accused managed to escape after committing the crime.